Welcome to this update post (7) for "a ghostly desire".

THANK YOU for your interest in this project!

There are a   HUGE   amount of updates, that I want to share here now,
before the release of   Alpha 0.1   in a few days.

After a 10 days work marathon!

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fixed:
- bed now got a sheet on if player drop the sheet



- converting already a lot of screens & sequences (from .png to .webp)
to save  hard drive space
(+- 450mb saved ~ alpha 0.1 will have about 150mb ~ techdemo:  294mb)

- some condition issues through parallel running quest lines
- player character now aligns properly after picking up or dropping an item

reworked:
- item 'sheet' (visual upgrade)
- MC home (visual upgrade)
- waysystem & pathfinding of 'entry area' & 'MC room'
- mousecurser (active collision is now animated) 



- (adjusted) side quest trigger
- (adjusted) walkthrough guide (google docx document)



- (adjusted) size & scale of the full game world (in comparison to the characters)
- dialog contexts
- (improved) accessibility of linked/connected story points
(avoiding dead ends)



added:
- save/load menu
- (dayna living room) idle & interact shadow
- (dayna & rebecca entry area) idle & interact shadow
- animated hotspots (usable with keyboard 'space' key)
- missing interaction animations (grab & drop)
- additional NPC interaction (drop inventory items on NPCs)
- additional interaction objects for 'all rooms/locations'
- (background) sales room music ~ shop: 'toolpoint'



- display arrow icons for 'scrollable dialog sections'
- Daylie updates on Discord, for what is being worked on
(incl later edit for what has been finished)

Join here:
[Discord daylie updates]



removed:
- 'highlighting effect' of game objects

(picture) rebuilding mc room:


also new for alpha 0.1
[MAP] new location(s) available: Sebastian's shop 'Toolpoint'
[LOCATION(s)] 'toolpoint' (shopping center), 'back room' (toolpoint)

- 2 scenechange(s) ~ travel map <--> toolpoint --> back room
- 2 more exits for further versions ~ 'to attic' (MC home), 'to garden' (rebecca's house)
- 2 new NPC(s) ~ 'Sebastian' (store owner toolpoint), 'Denise' (friend of Sebastian)
- 2 new idle animations
- 2 new interact images
- 3 new environment animations
- 1 new item (garage door repair part)



- 1 new animated voyeur scene (back room 'toolpoint')

- Main story progress
- Side story(s) progress

Thank you for your interest
~ Sitho

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